Replacing curses (Was: Re: Problem with curses and UTF-8)

[Jean-Paul Calderone]

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:10:26 -0500, Ian Ward <ian at excess.org> wrote:
>Grant Edwards wrote:
>> Depending on what you're tring to do, slang might be an option,
>
>I've looked at newt and snack, but all I really need is:
>- a way to position the cursor at (0,0)
>- a way to hide and show the cursor
>- a way to detect when the terminal is resized
>- a way to query the terminal size

You might be interested in Twisted Conch's insults package.  I haven't followed this thread closely, so I'm not sure if it covers all your requirements, but it can do all of the above.

Jean-Paul